headforemost
English
Etymology
head + foremost
Adverb
headforemost (not comparable)
- headfirst
- 1894, Robert Michael Ballantyne, The Dog Crusoe and His Master:
- Exerting all his remaining strength he rushed down the bank, dropped his rifle, and plunged headforemost into the stream.
- 1900, Blackwood Ketcham Benson, Who Goes There?:
- He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground.
- 1912, B. M. Bower, Good Indian:
- Quick, or I'll land you headforemost in that pond, you infernal old hag!"
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Synonyms
- (headfirst): headfirst, headlong
Translations
headlong — see headlong